Camera Equipment and thermal stresses

[keith_baker1]

Greetings,

There I was driving down the road when I saw the shot....of course I didn't have my 4x5 or 35mm cameras with me because I wasn't going out to photograph. I live in Boston and I don't keep my stuff in the car because I worry that the summer heat and the winter cold will damage either the cameras/light meters etc or the film. I shoot both color and B&W film. I would like some feedback of the sorts of abuse (thermal in particular) camera equpment (lens/bellows/meters/etc) and film can take. Thanks

[david richhart]

Keith... Photography is a hobby for me, and I support that habit by

laying brick. I have a 35mm Pentax K1000 camera that has been riding

in a camera case behind the seat of my work truck for over 10 years.

I load it with color slide film. I bought it at the time because I

wanted a cheap and reasonably good camera to document my work, and

for all those times when you wish you had a camera with you. The only

real precaution I take is keepint the outfit in a plastic bag to help

keep the dust out. <p>

After all the hard use and abuse it still works great... better than

I would have ever imagined. I live in Ohio, and it has seen rain, and

snow, and temperatures from below 0 to above 100 F. <p>

Imagine what some of the old Speed Graphics and Nikon F cameras have

been through in combat situations... -Dave

[mike_mahoney]

I wouldn't worry too much about cameras or meters, etc., but film

does not like heat and/or rapid temperature changes.

 

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As a previous post indicated, you're not likely to put a LF camera

through anything that hasn't already been done.